Bed-rest.



A. A. ADLER.

BED REST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9.19M).

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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Beit known that I, AARON AhAnmm, a

- citizen of the United States,residing in the Cir city and countyof SanFrancisco and State of-California,have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

My. invention relates to what is termed a "bed rest, for the support .ofinvalids or others, when lying in bed.

It consists ofv a removable frame having standardsand ahingedsupplemental frame pivoted thereto, so as, to allow the hair mattress toextend directly through beneath the hinged frame, whereby, the lattermay be .tilted' upwardly or dropped upon the mattress.

lt'also'coinprises details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the acco panying drawings, in which- I Figurel is a perspective view of the bed rest with canvas cover partly brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of same shown inposition on bed frame.

Many forms of tiltable head rests have been employed in connection withbeds or couches, either directly connected and forming a part of the bedframe or so constructed that it is necessary to remove them when not inuse.

It is the object of my invention to proride a device of this characterwhich may remain permanently upon the bed or couch and when not in useto present no undesirable feature while the person is lying in a normalposition, but which maybe readily raised into an inclined positionwhenever desired.

As herein shown, A is a main frame made substantially rectangular inshape, and of such width as to fit the bed or couch, and of a lengthsufficient to shoulder rest, 3. This'rest is also rectangular havingthree sides, as shown, and'the ends of the two side pieces are hinged tovertical standards 4, which may be rigidly and permanently fixed to theends of the frame A, which are most distant from the head of the'couch,and which occupy a position within the length of said couch. Thesestandards elevate the hinged ends of the frame 3 to such a height thatthe mattress of the bed or couch may extend between these standards andmay be of a thickness which will be approximately equal UNITEDSTATES-PATENT GFFICE. I

carry the head and j AARON -A.-ADL R, 0F sAN raaucrso'o, CALIFORNIA.

' I BED-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent, V I ;1.t(}11te(lA1)1'.'18, 1911.Application filed November 9, 1910. Serial No. 591,404.

' to the height of the standards. in will be seen that with thisconstruction the hinged frame 3 may be depressed when not in. use

and lie perfectly fiat and level with the topof the mattress, and itsflexible covering will also he upon the mattress and need not beremoved. any suitable or desirable material for the purpose, and'forms asort of bag or case of such size that its open end may he slipped downover the top and sides of the frame 3, thus completing a flexiblesupport .upon which pillows or other portions of the bed may be placed.This hinged portion nay be raised anddepressed as before stated, and maybe'held at any desired angle by means of a pawl 6, which is here shownas formed of a bar extending across the full width of the apparatus, andhaving the ends bent at right angles and pivoted to the sides of theframe3. The side parts of the main frame Such covering may be -made of Aare notched and formed into teeth, as

shown at 7, and the bar 6 forms a'pawl which may drop into any pair ofthese.

notches, and thus hold the frame and rest 3 at any desired angle.

If it is desired to disengage the pawl and allow the head rest to drop,it may be readily effected by means of a cord or other connection 8attached to the pawl bar and extending out through the head end of theframe. By pulling upon this connection the pawl will be lifted free ofthe notches, and the rest may be then dropped to any desired position.

In order to support a mattress which extends through this frame andentirely to the end of the bed or couch, so that it will not press uponthe pawl barand preventthe latter from being freely moved, I have shownlongitudinally placed supporting bars 9 extending from the head of theinner end of the main frame A, and that portion of the mattress whichextends through this device will be supported upon these barsandsuficiently above the pawl bar to allow the latter to be readilyraised and'to move ir unison with the desired movements of the headrest. It will be seen that the mattress in this position also serves animportant purpose in preventing any side movements of the head restframe which might be caused by movement-sot the patient from one side tothe other, as the contact of the standards 4 with the mattress sides,and the WEi glIL and pressure of the mattress upon the main i themattress, a flexible fabric frame hinged frame make it very steady andprevent any pivoted to the upper ends of the standardsand having anintegral cross bar closable upon the head of the mattress, a flexiblecotering for said hinged frame adapted to overlie the mat-tress, theheight of said standards being such as to admit the mattress so that itlies between the frame and said covering, and a pawl and-rack mechanismby which said frame-may be held at an angle with the main frame. a

2-. An appliance for beds consisting of a supplemental frame adapted tolie beneath the head portion of a mattress, standards projecting fromthe inner end of said frame upon each side of the mattress andsubstantially equal in height to the thickness of to said standards andclr ble, upon the upper surface of the mattre the height of saidstandards being such as to admit themattress so that it lies between theframe.

and said fabric, raclr teeth formed upon the side bars of the mainframe, a pawl-bar having its upturned ends pivoted to the hinged barsand the transverse portion adapted to engage the rack teeth, and aflexible connection with said transverse portion extending through thehead and serving to frame to be Iowered.

3. An appliance for beds, consisting of a frame adapted to lie beneaththe head portion of a mattress, said frame having standards upon eachside of the mattress, aframe consisting of .side bars having ,their ends,pawl barhaving its endsh'i-nged to the tiltable side frames, and, itstransverse portion; a adapted to engage the rack teeth, ralsed stripsextending across the mainframe and 40 disengage the pawl bar to allowthehinged adapted" to support the inclosed mattress portion above theplane of the pawl-bar, andmeans whereby said bar may be lifted todisengage it from the rack teeth and allow it to be moved along theframe.

In testimony whereof' I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AARON ADLER.

Witnesses: I

FREDERICK JA ES BRYANT, VILLIAM BERG.

